X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,BOTNET X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-id: <4B99231B.2090201@cygwin.com> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:06:35 -0500 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-to: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090320 Remi/2.0.0.21-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Possible Documentation Inconsistency References: <0105D5C1E0353146B1B222348B0411A208B5EEA258@NIHMLBX02.nih.gov> <20100311102025.GG6505@calimero.vinschen.de> In-reply-to: <20100311102025.GG6505@calimero.vinschen.de> Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On 3/11/2010 5:20 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Mar 10 22:17, Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] wrote: >> http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-effectively.html#using-shortcuts >> >> By default, Cygwin uses a mechanism that creates symbolic links that are >> compatible with standard Microsoft .lnk files. >> >> http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-cygwinenv.html#cygwinenv-implemented-options >> >> (no)winsymlinks ... Defaults to not set since plain file symlinks are >> faster to write and faster to read. > > Thanks for the heads-up. Somehow the text doesn't fit well anymore. > Is that better? > > Another problem area is between Unix-style links, which link one file > to another, and Microsoft .lnk files, which provide a shortcut to a > file. They seem similar at first glance but, in reality, are fairly > different. By default, Cygwin does not create symlinks as .lnk files, > but there's an option to do that, see > These symlink .lnk files are compatible with Windows-created .lnk files, > but they are still different. They do not include much of the information > that is available in a standard Microsoft shortcut, such as the working > directory, an icon, etc. The cygutils package includes a mkshortcut > utility for creating standard native Microsoft .lnk files. > > But here's the problem. If Cygwin handled these native shortcuts like any > other symlink, [...] > > I'm open for suggestions to phrase that more eloquently. Looks good to me. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple